The cast of Saturday Night Live, an American late-night live television sketch comedy show, was buzzing. A few cast members had left the show, and it was such a shock for fans and even actors inside the show and they even knew something like this was going to happen. The fans over the world speculated that one of the leaving members would be Kate McKinnon, who had had a couple of big roles in blockbusters movies, but they breathed well after the news. Beck Bennett and Cecily Strong had left the show along the featured players, who were replaced. It was new how the actors were just replaced (due to "new changes" so they would reach even bigger audiences, though Cecily and Bennett did not get fired but left because they got more jobs from movies and TV-shows, so no drama there even though some fans claimed that they got fired), but even more surprising was who would replace the actors and the surprise was held as long as possible. Maybe it was good to keep the interest up, and not to break the Internet yet. Because that was something no-one would ever had guessed.
The beginning of October was getting closer and closer, by week and week. It was the beginning of September when the cast of the show heard the first rumors. Sure, there were some nice potential players, but no-one was over everyone else so no-one could say yes or no to anything. Not until that one meeting where the current cast would meet the new faces.
Well, new and new.
. . .
Kate McKinnon was the first one who grabbed some cheese from the plate. She had collected a nice plate for herself until someone mentioned about it.
"Kate, we would want some Emmental as well", someone said to her and after a moment she grunted and put half of her Emmental away. What could she do? The party starts with a cheese plate. She shakes her head and heads to the couch in the corner of the room. She liked people, of course, but sometimes she just felt a feeling of being alone, so there she sat – with a plate of cheese, in the corner of the room. All the other ones tended to pick a chair closer to the big screen that was nailed to the wall. This was it. This was the official meeting where the new faces of show would be announced.
"We had a lot of great applicants", a woman with a very tiny voice started and tried to handle the Apple TV screen with her finger. It did not work out so well, but she tried her best. Kate moved a little closer after the cheese was eaten, and food was gone anyway so she could not take another plate of it. She decided to move closer. She grabbed a free chair next to Aidy Bryant, her colleague and moved her plate and glass away so she could lean to her elbow.
"So", she whispered to Aidy who tried to focus on the screen and the woman who tried to explain why they did the changes and when the rehearsals would start. Aidy shrugged.
"I don't know, but I wish it's someone who really takes this job seriously and makes us laugh. Well, not crack on air but… you know. Someone who is ready to work in this group and not a total asshole", she tried to keep her voice as low as she could, because Aidy was sure if she could whisper even a little louder she would be as loud as that woman with a tiny voice in front of the cast.
"Yeah", Kate scratched her head, "I wish that too… I mean, if here is even one asshole who tries to create drama, that is a no-no", she sighs and remembers some of the worst hosts who were such divas on the set. No long after that she made a mischief grin. Maybe the new star of the show would be a girl who likes girls. Not that she would be interested, but she did not have any action going on in her romantic part of life, so if she met the love of her life on the set of her ultimately favorite show and workplace, it would be even more than great–
Apparently she had not been listening at all. She head how people around her started to talk enthusiastically. She tried to see what was going on, what made them so wild after a long period of being so silent. Well, mostly to hear the shy girl, the new assistant, but also what made the tension to discharge so quickly. Thankfully she found it out pretty quickly. The screen said 'the first new cast member'.
"Please welcome the new member of the cast for this season, the former cast member Kristen Wiig!" The assistant had voice when the familiar actress was about to step to the room. Everyone started to whistle and clap, but Kate's chin dropped to the table when she saw her. Kristen Wiig. The Kristen Wiig. Kristen with dark brown, wavy hair and in a red sweatshirt. In black skinny jeans. With adorable ankle boots. She always had something weird and unmatching in her outfit. That was something Kate found always so cute. That was so Kristen… Wait, Kristen? Here? As her colleague? Kate felt how blood rushed to her face and especially the cheeks. She was usually so calm, so cool about life overall. But something about Kristen made her lose it all, forget everything else inside her head at that moment. Kristen, Kristen, Kristen.
She knew she was doomed when her and Kristen's eyes met.